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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?
- From: Martin Naylor <martinwnaylor@yahoo.com.au>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:18:22 +1000 (EST)
I honestly do not know i was told watermellons originated in the desert
where little water falls obviously it was some mental game
Martin
Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:
Martin,
Water melons need an awful lot of water.
Dieter Brand
Portugal
Martin Naylor wrote:
Water mellons started in the desert
Martin
Dieter Brand wrote:
Hi,
Im new to the list. I have been receiving your messages
for a while, but havent been able to participate in the
discussions since I live in a remote region of Portugal
without land line and without regular Internet access.
Inspired by the works of Masanobu Fukuoka and others,
I converted to no-till farming/gardening 3 years ago
after 7 years of organic gardening. There are plenty of
options for the winter, when we get enough rain, and also
for that part of the garden which I can irrigate during the
summer. However, since we dont get any rain at all
during the summer months there isnt enough water for
irrigating the fields.
There are models for dry-land farming in semi-arid regions
like ours; however, these models involve ploughing the soil
so as to create a powder fine dirt mulch which prevents the
humidity in the layer below from evaporating. I havent, so
far, come across any example of no-till farming for dry lands.
The key requirement for organic no-till to be successful is
continued coverage by cover crops or cash crops during the
entire growing season so as to control weeds. Any interruption
in the growing schedule means that the weeds will come back
and that one has to start from zero. Thus, if I cant find a
solution for the summer period, it looks like the whole
endeavour is bound to fail.
I would appreciate any ideas regarding methods and types
of crops for semi-arid regions that dont require ploughing.
Failing this, I at least hope to get your opinion regarding
the feasibility of my project.
Dieter Brand
Portugal
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[permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Dieter Brand, 06/02/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Martin Naylor, 06/02/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Dieter Brand, 06/03/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?, Martin Naylor, 06/03/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/12/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Dieter Brand, 06/03/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/02/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Structuring Topics and Information, Kenneth Benway, 06/03/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Dieter Brand, 06/03/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
mossmans, 06/05/2007
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[permaculture] Benign Neglect,
lbsaltzman, 06/05/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Benign Neglect,
mIEKAL aND, 06/05/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Benign Neglect, lbsaltzman, 06/05/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Benign Neglect,
mIEKAL aND, 06/05/2007
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[permaculture] Benign Neglect,
lbsaltzman, 06/05/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
mossmans, 06/05/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
mossmans, 06/03/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/04/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Organic no-till for dry-land farming?,
Martin Naylor, 06/02/2007
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